Australia ready to take on India in limited-overs cricket series

Australia’s limited-overs tour of India gets underway on Sunday, September 17 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, with the first of five one-day matches.

1st ODI: Sunday, September 17 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai (6PM AEST) Source: Supplied

Australia is ready to take on hosts India in their one month-long limited-overs campaign.

Australia’s series of five ODIs and three T20 Internationals against India is a schedule that will be largely replicated in the UK next June when Australia take on England.

The first ODI match is scheduled for Sunday, September 17 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. The match starts at 6pm AEST.

Australia’s last tour to India came in March, with a four-Test series, which they lost 2-1 in a fierce competition.

Australian team is likely to play better cricket as the pitches provided for this tour are expected to be flat, enabling plenty of runs to be scored.

The Indian side is in fine form after their crushing series win against Sri Lanka 4-1.

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Match Details

1st ODI: Sunday, September 17 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai (6pm AEST)

2nd ODI: Thursday, September 21 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (6pm AEST)

3rd ODI: Sunday, September 24 at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore (6pm AEST)

4th ODI: Thursday, September 28 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (6pm AEST)

5th ODI: Sunday, October 1 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur (7pm AEST)

Overall record: Played 123, Australia 72, India 41, no result 10

Record in India: Played 51, Australia 22, India 19, no result 10

Last series: Australia defeat India 4-1 in Australia in 2016

Australia ODI squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa.

Australia T20 squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner, Jason Behrendorff, Dan Christian, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Tim Paine, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.

India squad (first three ODIs): Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami.